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Previously unseen photographs from Scorsese's masterpiece

The Art Edition (No. 101–200) is limited to just 100 signed and numbered copies, each with the original pigment print "Jodie Foster on the street," Taxi Driver, New York, 1975. Signed by Steve Schapiro.

Taxi Driver has long been regarded as a cinematic milestone, and Robert DeNiro’s portrait of a trigger-happy psychopath with a mohawk is widely believed to be one of the greatest performances ever filmed. Time magazine includes the film in its list of 100 Greatest Movies, saying: "The power of Scorsese’s filmmaking grows ever more punishing with the passage of time."

Steve Schapiro—whose photographs were featured in TASCHEN’s Godfather Family Album—was the special photographer on the set of Taxi Driver, capturing the film’s most intense and violent moments from behind the scenes. This book—more than a film still book but a pure photo book on its own—features hundreds of unseen images selected from Schapiro’s archives, painting a chilling portrait of a deranged gunman in the angry climate of the post-Vietnam era.

Foreword by Martin Scorsese!

Also available: The second Art Edition (No. 1–100) is accompanied by an original pigment print of "Robert De Niro in his cab," Taxi Driver, New York 1975. Signed by Steve Schapiro.

The photographer:Steve Schapirois a distinguished journalistic photographer whose pictures have graced the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. He has published five books of his work, American Edge, Schapiro's Heroes, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver and Then and Now. In Hollywood he has worked on more than 200 motion pictures; his most famous film posters are for Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver, Parenthood, and The Godfather Part III.

Steve Schapiro: on the set of Taxi DriverSteve Schapiro talks about his experience as a special photographer on the set of Taxi Driver. Guardian.co.uk, November 17, 2010. (c) Steve Schapiro and Alex Healey